Papillary carcinoma thyroid presenting as a choroidal metastasis. Report of a case and brief review of literature.

Abstract

A patient of papillary thyroid carcinoma, who initially presented with a choroidal metastasis and secondary intractable glaucoma is reported. The orange-coloured tumour posed a diagnostic difficulty, until histopathology of the enucleated eye confirmed the metastasis from the thyroid. The initial presentation of distant metastasis in patients with thyroid cancer is rare.

Keywords

• Thyroid cancer
• ocular metastasis
• choroidal metastasis